Chestnut Class (Year 2)

Hello everyone and welcome to Chestnut Class (Year Two). Chestnut Class is made up of 28 wonderful children and 5 staff members. Class teachers: Mrs A Stevens (Monday – Wednesday) Mrs A Rowe (Thursday – Friday) Teaching assistants: Mrs G Sherrington (Monday – Friday) Mrs W Milburn (Tuesday mornings and Thursday mornings) Mrs F Kinder (Wednesday)

P.E. – PE is taught on a Tuesday afternoon and a Thursday afternoon. We ask that PE kit remains in school and we will send it home for washing at the end of each half term (or earlier if necessary. Earrings – Please may we remind you that earrings must be removed by the children themselves before a PE lesson. Forest School – We are extremely fortunate this half term as Mrs Southern is taking the children down to Wilfrid’s Wood each Wednesday morning to develop their Forest School skills. We ask that the children have wellies and waterproofs each Wednesday, these can remain in school until the end of the half term.

Homework: Spellings – We will teach Spellings in school and send them home each Friday for practise. We will then have a quiz the following Friday. As well as the list of words, the children may also be assigned a Spelling homework sheet to support their learning further. Reading – Reading is such an important part of childhood and learning. As well as developing fluency in reading, it boots vocabulary, helps with spelling and sparks imagination. We ask that the children read at home as much as they can. We don’t expect them to read a full book a night, little and often works wonders! If by Friday the children have read 5 times in a week, they reach the top of our Reading Tree and receive a little prize. For example, if your child reads on a Sunday evening, Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening and Thursday evening, they will reach the top of the tree. We then reset the Reading Tree on a Friday evening ready for the following week. TT Rock Stars – Later in the year, the children will be assigned their very own TT Rock Stars account. This will allow them to build their times table knowledge in a fun way, whilst becoming a Rock Star! *More details to follow* Our School Year Each half term, we will have a different theme/ topic to focus our learning around.

These are as follows:

Autumn 1 – Fighting Fit

Autumn 2 – Victorians

Spring 1 – Passport to the World

Spring 2 – Water Water

Summer 1 – Food and Farming Summer 2 – Choices

We very much look forward to the year ahead!